Comparison

QR Laps vs SurfCheck

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

QR Laps

Effortlessly track student laps and calculate total distance without manual input. This app uses QR codes to count rounds, preventing cheating and providing instant rankings. Results can be exported for further analysis.

Highlights
  • Automatic lap counting via QR codes
  • No clicks or typing names required
  • Automatic distance calculation
  • Ranking list generation
  • CSV export of results
  • Manual intervention for corrections
  • Unit of measurement selection
Features
Currently charting
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Count how many laps each of your students has run and automatically calculate the total distance. Export the results. Everything happens without a single click and without entering a single name! The app counts how often a QR code is shown. The students have their QR code scanned after each round. Enter a lap length and the app automatically calculates the total distance run and creates a ranking list. This can be exported as a .csv file for further processing. INFO This app is based on the popular QR Counter and has been adapted to the wishes of sports teachers. The highlights are the automatic distance calculation, the prevention of cheating and the acoustic lap counter. HIGHLIGHTS -> NO CLICKS -> NO TYPING OF NAMES -> GET A RANKING -> SAVE AUTOMATICALLY Close the app and work on the same data the next day. All data is saved automatically. -> EXPORT -> MANUAL INTERVENTION Change the result by swiping right to add 1 point. Swipe left to remove 1 point. If there is a person without QR code, it is possible to manually add a counter. -> SELECT THE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT miles, yards, feets, kilometers -> AUDIO FEEDBACK The app calls the number of running laps after each scan. -> CHANGE CAMERA Choose between front or back camera. -> NO CHEATING POSSIBLE After each scan, the code is locked for 10 seconds. -> MISSING QR CODE? It's possible to add a counter manually. Just type in the name and click the add button. Tip for maximum performance: Use any smartphone for up to 12 students. This avoids traffic jams. -> CREATE MULTIPLE QR CODES ONLINE AT http://www.teaching-apps.com Simply type in all names/items at once and get multiple QR codes in a PDF, which you can then print and save. It couldn’t be any easier! Each QR code is embedded in a student ID card in a credit-card size. These cards can be used for different apps and uses.

About

SurfCheck

Features
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SurfCheck is a mobile surf application that helps solve the problem of inaccurate surf report data in Bali Indonesia. SurfCheck puts the power in the hands of the surf community, by giving them the ability to upload videos of the surf. This gives surfers in Bali Indonesia the opportunity to have the most accurate representation of the actual surf. With this interactive live surf forecast app the Bali surf community can check the surf any single minute during the day. Surfing in Bali will get easier from now on! Bali surf forecast websites do not match the real Bali surfing conditions and surf webcams mostly don’t work or have bad quality footage. Also, many surfing spots in Bali don’t even have any webcams. SurfCheck will let the Bali surf community to constantly check live surf reports from all of the common Bali surf spots and beaches. Posting a Surf Report: Bali Surfing users can post reports at the surf spots live in this App, simply pressing the record button for a few seconds. This collaboration provides other users to check and see these surf reports and get the live surf forecast about Bali Surf conditions anytime and from anywhere almost live. SurfCheck will provide the users with credits for their collaboration. Posting a surf report provides the user with credits. With these credits Bali surfers will be able to watch surf reports from the other users. No more wasting time driving to the surf spots without precise information about the surf conditions. Bali surfing spots favourite filter menu: SurfCheck will let you post a surf report of the spot you are at right now. Opening the Bali surfing spot menu, Bali surfers are able to choose their favourite spots they usually surf at. The “favourite surf spots” filters the surf reports and will show you the surf reports of your favourite surf spots automatically. Other surf reports from other surfing spots will not be shown and will be filtered out. This way you can check the surf of only the spots you love. SurfCheck ratings: Bali Surfers can evaluate the surf conditions of the surf spots by adding audio to their recording and can add text to describe the surf. This will result in accurate Bali surf conditions that are clear and easy to understand. Rating the surf conditions live will help the users to get essential information right at the moment. SurfCheck vision: Because SurfCheck is still a young surf start-up there will be room for lots of improvements in the near future. Think of community video rating, offline recording, community surf spot suggestions, location awareness to automatically detect the spot where the user is, maps integration, online surf date to cross reference with the reports, AI machine learning to recognize surf spots based on video footage, report quality and much more. Stay tuned and let’s get surfing!

Screenshots

QR Laps4 screens
SurfCheck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SurfCheck at Free against QR Laps's $2.99. QR Laps's advantage is chart position (#78 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SurfCheck is free to download; QR Laps costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
QR Laps versus SurfCheck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQR LapsSurfCheck
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#78 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUrsin TannerCode-Remote B.V.

In-app purchases

None

QR Laps

No in-app purchases

None

SurfCheck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QR Laps free?
QR Laps costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SurfCheck free?
SurfCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QR Laps or SurfCheck have ads?
Neither QR Laps nor SurfCheck shows ads.

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